Will appoint abacus teachers in civic schools on contract: Commissioner C Obulesu

Chittoor: With an objective of municipal school students achieving cent per cent result in SSC exams, the Chittoor Municipal Corporation (CMC) Commissioner C Obulesu has proposed to engage Abacus teachers on contract basis.

The civic chief was apprised of several students were failing in mathematics despite having required infrastructure and trained teachers. The Commissioner made a surprise visit to municipal high school in Santhapet on Thursday. He interacted with the headmaster and teachers and asked them as to why students are failing in maths subject only.

The civic chief admitted that there was shortage of teachers in several primary and high schools. "There is a stigma in the society that private schools are better than municipal schools," he stated and added that negative feeling towards civic schools should be removed from the minds of people. He informed teachers that there is a serious proposal to recruit Abacus teachers in all the municipal high schools on contract basis.

On the instructions of the State government, the medium of instruction in English has ben introduced in all municipal schools, he mentioned and warned of taking stern action if any lapses found in implementation of mid-day meal scheme. ULB Coordinator Babu Ekambaram Reddy, Assistant Commissioner Lakshmi, headmaster Veda Kumari and others were present.